sqlite-utils 4.0rc2, mostly written by Claude Fable (for about $149.25) 🔗
<p>I wrote about the <a href="https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jun/21/sqlite-utils-40rc1/">sqlite-utils 4.0rc1</a> release a couple of weeks ago. S [...]
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sqlite-utils 4.0rc2 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/sqlite-utils/releases/tag/4.0rc2">sqlite-utils 4.0rc2</a></p> <p [...]
Building a World Map with only 500 bytes 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.experimentlog.com/blog/building-a-world-map-with-only-500-bytes">Building a World Map with only 500 bytes</a></s [...]
Better Models: Worse Tools 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/7/4/better-models-worse-tools/">Better Models: Worse Tools</a></strong></p> Armin reports on a [...]
Open Source AI Gap Map 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://map.currentai.org">Open Source AI Gap Map</a></strong></p> <a href="https://www.currentai.org">Current AI</a> is "a [...]
Quoting Josh W. Comeau 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://bsky.app/profile/joshwcomeau.com/post/3mkxyqgrp2d2t"><p>I just launched my third course, Whimsical Animations, and so f [...]
Fable's judgement 🔗
<p>One of the most interesting tips I got from <a href="https://www.ai.engineer/worldsfair/schedule?session=asn_slot_2026_06_30_main_stage_1230_2 [...]
June 2026 newsletter 🔗
<p>The June edition of my <a href="https://github.com/sponsors/simonw/">sponsors-only monthly newsletter</a> is out. If you are a sponsor (or if [...]
llm-coding-agent 0.1a0 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/llm-coding-agent/releases/tag/0.1a0">llm-coding-agent 0.1a0</a></p> [...]
Using DSPy to evaluate and improve Datasette Agent's SQL system prompts 🔗
<p><strong>Research:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/research/tree/main/dspy-datasette-agent-prompts#readme">Using DSPy to e [...]
Understand to participate 🔗
<p>I saw Geoffrey Litt speak at <a href="https://www.ai.engineer/worldsfair/2026">AIE</a> yesterday, and one framing he used particularly resonat [...]
Quoting Anthropic 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/anthropicai/status/2072106151890809341"><p>We’ve received notice that the Department of Commerce has lifted [...]
Nano Banana 2 Lite 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://deepmind.google/models/gemini-image/flash-lite/">Nano Banana 2 Lite</a></strong></p> Also known as Gemini 3.1 Flash [...]
What's new in Claude Sonnet 5 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/about-claude/models/whats-new-sonnet-5">What's new in Claude Sonnet 5</a></strong>< [...]
The AI Compass 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://bambamramfan.github.io/ai-compass/">The AI Compass</a></strong></p> This political compass style quiz <a href="https [...]
Have your agent record video demos of its work with shot-scraper video 🔗
<p><a href="https://shot-scraper.datasette.io/en/stable/video.html">shot-scraper video</a> is a new command introduced in today's <a href="https: [...]
shot-scraper 1.10 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/simonw/shot-scraper/releases/tag/1.10">shot-scraper 1.10</a></p> <p>The [...]
HTML table extractor 🔗
<p><strong>Tool:</strong> <a href="https://tools.simonwillison.net/html-table-extractor">HTML table extractor</a></p> <p>Yet ano [...]
Count the number of Safari tabs 🔗
<p>Tiniest TIL, using AppleScript to count the number of open browser tabs in Safari:</p> <pre><code>osascript -e 'tell application "Safari" to c [...]
Ornith-1.0: Self-Scaffolding LLMs for Agentic Coding 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://deep-reinforce.com/ornith_1_0.html">Ornith-1.0: Self-Scaffolding LLMs for Agentic Coding</a></strong></p> This is an [...]
Quoting Jon Udell 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://blog.jonudell.net/2026/06/28/doctor-it-hurts-when-agents-create-unreviewable-prs-dont-do-that/"><p><strong><del>Human</ [...]
Hack Your Summer 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.hackyoursummer.org/">Hack Your Summer</a></strong></p> I learned about this initiative from DJ Patil this mornin [...]
Quoting Dean W. Ball 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://www.hyperdimensional.co/p/what-should-be-done"><p>This is a bad state of affairs. Consider, in particular, some industr [...]
Quoting Timothy B. Lee 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://twitter.com/binarybits/status/2070527944817053862"><p>This is like saying there's no learning curve to being a manager [...]
What happened after 2,000 people tried to hack my AI assistant 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.fernandoi.cl/posts/hackmyclaw/">What happened after 2,000 people tried to hack my AI assistant</a></strong></p> [...]
Incident Report: CVE-2026-LGTM 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://nesbitt.io/2026/06/26/incident-report-cve-2026-lgtm.html">Incident Report: CVE-2026-LGTM</a></strong></p> Spectacula [...]
Quoting OpenAI 🔗
<blockquote cite="https://openai.com/index/previewing-gpt-5-6-sol/"><p>We're beginning a limited preview of the GPT‑5.6 series: Sol, our flagship [...]
AI and Liability 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/06/ai-and-liability.html">AI and Liability</a></strong></p> Bruce Schneier and N [...]
datasette-export-database 0.3a2 🔗
<p><strong>Release:</strong> <a href="https://github.com/datasette/datasette-export-database/releases/tag/0.3a2">datasette-export-databa [...]
simonw/browser-compat-db 🔗
<p><strong><a href="https://github.com/simonw/browser-compat-db">simonw/browser-compat-db</a></strong></p> Inspired by Mozilla's <a href="https: [...]